European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
A 12 spoked wheel
Cleaning up
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
A taper auger
Drawknife in use
An example of wheel making in the past
Second tyre being hammered into place
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Field gun wheels
Using a press on the tyre join
Close up of the hub
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Drawknife in use shaping
Tail vice and dog
Welding a tyre
A few finishing taps
Detail of the wheel
Cooling the tyre down
Marking out a felloe
Checking the tyre circumference
Cleaning up the felloes
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Initial shaping
Using a press on the tyre
Field gun wheels
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Letting off steam
Welding the tyre
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Fitting the felloes together
Welding the tyre
Clamped in place for tyring
Spot welding
Fitting the hot tyre
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Tyre nearly in place
Drawknife in use
Cooling down
Welding
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
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